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Vikas Patnekar says REPRESENTATION is not ART

Jul 11, 2015 by Editor Jul 11, 2015 17 Comments

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First published May 2010
Vikas Patnekar is talented young water colour artist from Belgaum who studied under the guidance of Late Shri. K.B. Kulkarni. Vikas has received a number interesting commissions during 2006 and 2007 and his paintings now hang in the offices of the British Deputy High Commission in Mumbai, the Mumbai and Delhi offices of Macquarie Bank and the office of Impact India Foundation. They have now also reached the shores of USA, Australia and the UK, where Lord Attenborough now has two of his paintings hanging in his home.vikas

Born in 1966, Vikas Patnekar was born and educated in his home town Belgaum. He studied at Benyon Smith high school Belgaum.1

When reflecting back on the past Vikas always states that it was such a blessing to have grown up in Belgaum where he had to create his own entertainment from the natural world that always surrounded him. He lived in his imagination and expressed himself through drawing and painting.

After completing his education in 1985, Patnekar relocated to Mumbai in search of job opportunities. Finally, after slogging, he landed a job as an illustrator at an advertising agency. In addition he freelanced for various advertising agencies in Mumbai and gulf countries. Finally, in 1997, Patnekar made a major career decision to leave advertising in pursuit of his muse – watercolors. He loves to portray the villages, the green fields, the ever buzzing streets in India , waterfalls, the miseries, etc.paint1

For an artist, life is very interesting when looked at very closely. For the past 22 years. Continuing, he shares his enthusiasm for watercolor painting, the joy of spontaneous creation that comes with watercolor and the emotional release of telling a story of the beautiful world around him. Vikas believes an artist’s work should reflect what’s going on inside the artist. An artist should always bring in some kind of emotions or feelings into his work and when it comes, there is a possibility that the painting might look wonderful. Secondly, an artist should never describe a painting verbally. He has to leave it up to the viewer to decide.

Vikas has always said that he is not interested in just painting pretty landscapes or seascapes unless he can pull some deep feelings out of it, because REPRESENTATION is not ART! In addition, he feels one has to see the drama in the ordinary. It is all there, if one will only take time to discover it.

Screenshot 3His collections are at the following places:

Alex de Grunwald – England, Claire Tuhey -England, Lord Attenborough – England, Maurice Sinclaire -Australia, Helen Deas – England, Stuart Smythe -Australia,

Fraser Kitione – Figi, Helen Balke -Germany, Peter Forby -Australia, Fred Means -England,

Rachel Eccleston – England, Dedorah Shurvell – England, Phill Michell -Australia, Garry Luton – Canada, And many more in India and abroad.Screenshot 4

 

 

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  1. Reena Bhatia says

    Apr 15, 2017 at 8:34 AM

    How does one get in touch with Mr. Patnekar?

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    • Editor says

      Apr 15, 2017 at 10:02 AM

      he is on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=654483691 Thats his ID

      Reply
  2. Seema Sali says

    Jul 13, 2015 at 1:59 PM

    Awesome paintings, I am speechless.. inspiring..

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  3. V S Uppin says

    Jul 12, 2015 at 11:08 AM

    Vikas…. No mention of St. Xavier’s??? Vikas is extremely talented.

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  4. pratik bhosale says

    Jan 23, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    sir mala tumcha paintings khupach aavadlya………
    frm.pratik

    Reply
  5. keyur d trivedi says

    Jan 4, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    sir ilike yor clours techqunies i am drawing teacher i was very inspire from your ar

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  6. avril saldanha says

    Jun 1, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    your paintings are awesome…………

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  7. avril saldanha says

    Jun 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM

    Paintings are awesome…….

    Reply
  8. Shirin Devangavi says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Keep making us proud Sir, It feels great that someone from Belgaum has made it so great

    Reply
  9. Raj says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    Awesome paintings sirr.. thanks for the article

    Reply
  10. Sandeep Badavanache says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    Awesome painting's….

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  11. sachin shintre says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    its lovely

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  12. adv.sachinshintre says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    its someone crated paint they called the magic of art

    but somebody created by heart they called the beauty of nature

    so just likes vikas patnekar paintings its superb !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  13. uzma says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    good work…sir..
    paintings r really beautiful…!

    Reply
  14. Vinayak says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    Amazing paintings 🙂

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  15. Shabina Sattikar says

    Aug 3, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Awesome ……The paintings are really good Makes us Belgaumites very proud
    Keep up the good work Mr Patnekar
    Uday ….Thanks for sharing this article and the paintings

    Reply
  16. Kapil Pawaskar says

    May 27, 2010 at 9:47 AM

    Wow These are the best paintings that you can ever get to see. Great going Mr Patnekar

    Reply

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